Workout day devoted to Arms

[bigdofba]

When I first started a few years I read a lot of boards and people bashed the idea of having a day dedicated to arms.

When I first started working out I did the typical bodybuilder split working out each muscle once a week. That got me nowhere so I changed it up and did an upper/lower routine hitting each group twice a week. I focuses on squats, deads, and bench. I gained a lot with this routine. I put mass on my chest, back, and legs. I got a lot stronger but I didn't get the mass I wanted in my arms. I'm not a big arms guy, I prefer chest and back, but when those areas got up to where I wanted them I wanted to focus on lagging areas.

I changed it up again and went back to working out each muscle once a week. I had a day devoted to arms and found that they really started to grow.

I am confused as to why this is working so well now when it didn't work well in the beginning. I think a day devoted to arms is great if they are lacking.

I was just wondering how many of you guys have a day devoted to just arms.

 

[markshark]

When I first started a few years I read a lot of boards and people bashed the idea of having a day dedicated to arms.

When I first started working out I did the typical bodybuilder split working out each muscle once a week. That got me nowhere so I changed it up and did an upper/lower routine hitting each group twice a week. I focuses on squats, deads, and bench. I gained a lot with this routine. I put mass on my chest, back, and legs. I got a lot stronger but I didn't get the mass I wanted in my arms. I'm not a big arms guy, I prefer chest and back, but when those areas got up to where I wanted them I wanted to focus on lagging areas.

I changed it up again and went back to working out each muscle once a week. I had a day devoted to arms and found that they really started to grow.

I am confused as to why this is working so well now when it didn't work well in the beginning. I think a day devoted to arms is great if they are lacking.

I was just wondering how many of you guys have a day devoted to just arms.

i do. i wouldnt have it any other way. i believe chest day should be its own because its a large group, same with legs and back. 50 min to an hour of arms once a week is very effective. my best results come from heavy weight but limited number of exercises.

 

[Tatyana]

If it is working for you, then go for it. There are no hard and set in stone rules, you know your body best...............

I perfer to work my arms in with the big body parts so I do a combo of:

Back and biceps

Chest and Tris

Or when I am trying to hit my arms more, I reverse it so they get hit twice a week

Back and Tris

Chest and Bis

I do try and throw in an arms only workout about once a month, but my arms grow really well, I actually have to watch out as my tris with throw out my symmetry if they get much bigger.

 

[Sub-Zero]

i go press day one,

back,

press day 2

legs/biceps

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

Yeh man there is no set rule. Personally I HATE doing crap like back/arms chest/shoulders. I explode when I do a day of chest a day of shoulders a day of back a day of arms. What that allows me to do is stay focused and absolutley perfect my form and anhilate myself correctly causing my targeted group to swell up thus shutting nutrients and top it off with the correct supps and boom grow time.

Thats what most likely happed to you. Try a week of what I do and just think each time ur in the gym how much more focused you are when ur only doing chest on monday rather than chest and shoulders. Trust me when I say the amount of focus is increased significantly. Some ppl do better with the way I do becuz we get sloppy towards the end if we do back and biceps or chest and shoulders for instance.

that could have been happening to you and u might not have noticed it as much.

 

[the_alcatraz]

I have an arms day. It's good for your arms.